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June 22, 2015 / Front Page

Attention: All Measurement Police! Back off ! It seems your standardized testing has gotten stuck in our education. First, some disclaimers: . I get the concern regarding national standards in education. . More...

BEIJING Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town held an annual dog meat festival today despite international criticism of the event as cruel and unhygienic. The Yulin government distanced itself from the festival and announced new restr More...

Breaking News - 6/22/2015 11:28 AM

BRUNSWICK U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, announced Monday morning plans to undergo surgery for prostate cancer. “It’s a story we hear again and again – early detection saves lives. In this case, the story is mine. More...

TOPSHAM Starting with the pet parade that pawed its way down Governor’s Way on Friday morning and ending with a pie toss in the afternoon, the day of events at The Highlands raised money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association. More...

BOWDOINHAM The summer farmer’s market has returned to Bowdoinham — at the same time, but new location. Vendors will now set up to hawk their wares at Mailly Waterfront Park, instead of Merrymeeting Grange. More...

PORTLAND Christian Glover’s goal with 0.8 seconds left in the third quarter to give the Brunswick High School boys lacrosse team a 9-6 edge over South Portland on Saturday, appeared to give the Dragons all the momentum they needed. More...

Attention: All Measurement Police! Back off ! It seems your standardized testing has gotten stuck in our education. First, some disclaimers: . I get the concern regarding national standards in education. . More...

BEIJING Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town held an annual dog meat festival today despite international criticism of the event as cruel and unhygienic. The Yulin government distanced itself from the festival and announced new restr More...

MONTPELIER, VT. Vermont has made a name for itself in the national farm-to-school movement getting more locally raised foods into school cafeterias and curriculum about nutrition and agriculture into classrooms. More...

CHARLESTON, S.C. Bells tolled across the city, thousands linked up on a towering bridge and a historic sanctuary reopened in displays of unity as Charleston heals from a church massacre and gets set for a week of victims’ funerals. More...